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EARTH UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does earth up mean?
• EARTH UP (verb)
The verb EARTH UP has 1 sense:
1. block with earth, as after a landslide
Familiarity information: EARTH UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Block with earth, as after a landslide
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
earth up; land up
Hypernyms (to "earth up" is one way to...):
block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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